::Chapter 8::

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.- Thomas A. Edison

Third person POV

"This is humiliating..."

Kyle was once again face flat on the ground. "I thought walking is natural to you people!"

Ash leaned over him. "Well yes, when we reach five years old."

"This is ridiculous. Even fish can swim moments after they're born!"

"Well you're not really fish-y anymore, so get used to it."

His patience was really thinning now. The bottom of where his tail fin would be started flicking in irritation. Sighing, Ash bent down as Kyle used his arms to push himself to lean on his forearms. "You know," Ash started, " its not so surprising that you can't walk." Kyle didn't turn his head, but just glanced at the corner of his eye. "Its understandable that you've never been on land before. You just need to adjust to it." Offering a hand to Kyle, he eagerly took it while Ash closed in to help support up his body. Kyle's arm around his neck firmly held on for his pride while his legs offered little support.

"You sure you don't need help, lover boys?"

"Shut up, Leon!"

Meanwhile:

Ember dragged Ximara and Maria to the backyard as the rest walked back into the house. Reaching their destination, Ember turned around crossing her arms. "Now, I'm just gonna crash course you on summoning. I'm not gonna repeat myself." With all seriousness, she extended her hands and they burst into light. Fading as quickly as they came, her hands were now clad in black fingerless gloves. The leather has a soft-quality look to it, looking as if they were never used before.

"Summoning your weapons is important." Starting to pace like a military officer, she further explained. "In cases of emergency, or among special exceptions, it is imperative that you have weapons at reach. It takes little of your energy reserves as you keep practicing. However, that does NOT mean you can afford to be lazy like a certain someone.

-Scene switch-

"Achoo!"

Kyle collapsed on his side as Ash wiped his face against his sleeve. "You ass! You dropped me again!"

"Sorry.."

"Someone must be talking about you." Leon murmured as he flipped to another page in his book.

"What?"

"Nothing."

-Scene switch-

"Now to summon, you have to relax your body." Ember pushed down Ximara's shoulders to force her to relax. "It won't work if you're too tense. You have to be in some state of peace. For now, it's your body." walking back around she faced the two again. You have to find an inner energy within yourself." Watching them close their eyes, she continued instructions. "There should be an inner core. See it? There's a presence in there, right? Pull that feeling out as hard as you can. Don't let go." Seeing them begining to sweat with exhaustion, she kept encouraging. "Keep going, you're almost there!"

In a burst of light, Maria's right hand held Aquamarine Bow while a quiver laid next to her feet. Opening her eyes, she looked shocked and admired her bow looking slightly different than before. Raising her head to meet Ember's eyes, she nodded smiling. Looking to Ximara, she was struggling a little. Maria reached over to her in confusion. Ember's eyes widened. "No don-!"

Too late.

Ximara's eyes opened, sweating a lot more than Maria. She looked a bit disappointed when she realized she didn't summon her staff like Maria. Ember patted her back in sympathy. "It's ok. It happened to me too. Maybe next time."

Omake: What-If Randoms I

"Hey mom, I wanted to talk to you about something!"

Dawn was washing the dishes as she heard Leon call out from the front door. "In the kitchen, dear!"

Leon popped his head in the kitchen doorway. "Hey mom, dad."

Dawn finally turned away from the sink while drying a plate with a rag. "So, sweetie, care to share?" Genesis assuming the usual, started to down the warm coffee at the table.

"Well, I,.." Leon blushed. "I have someone I'd like you to meet..."

"OOHHH~!"

CRASH

You can see hearts literally flying everywhere. Dawn was glomping the poor brunette while a certain redhead started pounding his chest to not choke on coffee. "Who's the lucky girl~?"

"Um..." /cue harder blush/

"Oh? Is it a guy?" You can see the wheels turning in her head just by that look on Dawn's face.

"..Uh, yes.." Leon was blushing so hard by this point, looking like a tomato.

"Well, what are you waiting for?~" Dawn practically put a hand on her hip to emphasize. "I want to meet him now."

Almost regretting coming out of the closet, Leon walked back out and dragged back in a black glove...

Connected to that was a long-sleeved leather jacket. Then came in tight black jeans with black-laced boots. Then came in a face; pale and nicely shaped, with bright, stunning eyes and a shock of red hair.

"Mom, dad," Leon started hesitatingly, "Meet Axel."

"Yo. Nice to meet you."

Dawn squealed in delight as she hugged the couple while Genesis stared with disbelief.

Axel carefully leaned closer to Leon "Is this normal?"

"Trust me, this is a good day in comparison." He whispered back

The broken plate lays forgotten on the floor.

AN:

Please stop spamming my poor co-author. I should be the one with spam cuz it my turn to write this chapter! =( It worries me,.. you people go through all this to get new chapters... O.o even though this was a plot-lacking chapter... Now switching to Sky.

Sky: Skye is an OC of mine and she was the past vice-leader of the defenders. And my pen name has NOTHING to do with it! XDDD

Thank you for all the comments~ I'm sorry It was short. I don't need to type anymore responses to show how much I appreciate and love all of you, and I need to get back to my food now. =P